Ghost brothers [[electronic resource] ] : adoption of a French tribe by bereaved native America : a transdisciplinary longitudinal mutilevel integrated analysis / / Rony Blum

• Autore: Blum Rony
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (461 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.01/6
• Soggetto topico: Acculturation - Canada - History - 17th century; French-Canadians - Social conditions - 17th century; Indians of North America - First contact with other peoples; Indians of North America - Foreign influences; Spiritualism - Canada - History
• Soggetto geografico: Canada History To 1763 (New France); Canada Social conditions To 1763
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-441) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Intertwined Twintalk -- Smoke Signals -- Revenge of the Cradles -- Born Free -- Our Founding Clanmothers -- Je me souviens -- Hunting Otherworlds -- Outside In, Inside Out -- Beating Swords into Canoe Paddles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Devastating losses caused by diseases such as smallpox led to an epidemic of bereavement among the Natives. This loss resonated with the French, who had dealt with smaller epidemics in France and were also mourning their absent communities through a nostalgia for home. Blum traces how ghosts provided transgenerational and transcultural links that guided understanding rather than encouraging violence. Ghost Brothers insightfully examines the process of this colonial interdependent alliance between Native and European worlds.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ghost brothers
• ISBN: 1-282-86313-4; 9786612863134; 0-7735-7246-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782183603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II